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No. 577,966. Patented Mar. 2, 1897.

| :Rs 00. wnofuumm. WASHXNGTON n c CHARLES H. PARSONS, OF GOSI-IEN,INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO- ATENT FFICE.

CHARLES KOLB, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0, 577,966, dated March2, 1897.

Application filed June 27, 1896. Serial No. 597,214. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it mag concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. PARSONS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbottles; and it has for its object, among others, to provide a simpleand cheap construction of non-refillable bottle so formed that it can bequickly sealed and when once the stopper is in position it cannot beremoved without breaking off the neck of the bottle. I employ twostoppers, one located within the neck near its junction with the bottleand the other at the mouth,and this is provided with springs orspring-fingers that automatically engage beneath a ledge or flange atthe outer end of the neck, and when once they are sprung beneath thisledge the stopper cannot be removed without breaking the bottle. Theneck is formed with a weakened portion where it is to be broken. Arubber ring may be used over the edge after being broken, and this ringmay be placed within the neck in the space between the two stoppers.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The-invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letof the bottle, which may be of any desired shape andcapacity. B is its neck, made,preferably, tapering, as shown, and formedat any desired point with an exterior groove C, as shown, thus weakeningthe same at that point, so that it may be easily broken off when it isdesired to gain access to the contents of the bottle.

The mouth of the neckis provided with an inwardly-extending flange orledge D, as shown. the bottle or separate therefrom, as may be foundmost expedient, but ifformed separate it will of course be securedwithin the mouth of the bottle rigidly in any suitable manner, as bycement.

E is a stopper, preferably of cork, fitted to the lower portion of theneck, as shown.

F is a glass stopper adapted to be inserted in the outer end of theneck, and this stopper is provided with the springs G, which have oneend secured within the body of the stopper in any suitable manner, whiletheir other ends extend upward and outward and terminate in line withthe outer end of the cork.

In practice the bottle is filled in any of the well-known ways. Thestopper E is then inserted, and afterward the glass stopper is forced inuntil the ends of the springs engage beneath the ledge, when they springoutward and the stopper is held against withdrawal. The bottle is brokenat the weakeninggroove. The cork stopper prevents pieces of glassgetting into the bottle.

I is a rubber ring adapted to be placed over the broken edge of theneck. It is shown as placed in the space between the two stoppers, whereit will be convenient for use when the neck is broken.

l/Vhat is claimed as new is A bottle formed with a tapered neck and anexterior annular groove and the neck formed at the mouth with aninwardlyextending flange, a stopper fitted in the lower portion of saidneck, a glass stopper inserted in the outer end of the neck and providedwith springs having one end secured within the body of This may beformed integral with said stopper and their other ends extended outwardand upward and terminating in line with the outer end of the cork, and arubber ring" arranged in the space between the two stoppers and adaptedto be placed over the broken edge of the neck when the same is severed,all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. PARSONS.

Vitnesses:

J. W. KRONK, CHAS. KoLB.

